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Transmission issues - 2/19/2008 12:20:44 PM
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kerosa01
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Had an Avenger SE for about 2000 miles. The transmission kept going into "Limp' mode. Two dealers worked on the car 5 times for the same issue. Finally got fed up and demanded selling dealer to buy the car back.
While still fairly cold, vehicle would just simply pop out of Drive and into nuetral, no warning, just an immediate shift to nuetral, and shifting lever no longer engages any gear. Pull over, shut the car off and restart. Now the engine malfunction light is on and vehicle is in "Limp" mode - 2nd gear only. Tried several re starts - nothing.
Take car back to dealer, they work thier magic and usually 2-3 days later out of the clear blue, same thing. Car went back to dealer 5 times in 2 weeks for this.
Demanded buy back on the 5th visit.
Dealer agreed, and gave me another Avenger, a Red SXT - its been 700 miles, only problem is radio not coming on a few times. Might need a SW update, dont know yet - any thoughts on that?
Anyone else with similar trasnission issues?
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RE: Transmission issues - 2/19/2008 1:30:08 PM
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SueK
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quote:
ORIGINAL: kerosa01
Had an Avenger SE for about 2000 miles. The transmission kept going into "Limp' mode. Two dealers worked on the car 5 times for the same issue. Finally got fed up and demanded selling dealer to buy the car back.
While still fairly cold, vehicle would just simply pop out of Drive and into nuetral, no warning, just an immediate shift to nuetral, and shifting lever no longer engages any gear. Pull over, shut the car off and restart. Now the engine malfunction light is on and vehicle is in "Limp" mode - 2nd gear only. Tried several re starts - nothing.
Take car back to dealer, they work thier magic and usually 2-3 days later out of the clear blue, same thing. Car went back to dealer 5 times in 2 weeks for this.
Demanded buy back on the 5th visit.
Dealer agreed, and gave me another Avenger, a Red SXT - its been 700 miles, only problem is radio not coming on a few times. Might need a SW update, dont know yet - any thoughts on that?
Anyone else with similar trasnission issues?
I'm really sorry to hear about that. It's a shame. My SE had the update software done for the radio and transmission. It sounded or felt like it was hesitating going into to gear. So far it's good. You're problem with the first car is a shame. What color was the first car. I have the silver steel. I know either on this forum or another there were people have trouble with radios turning on in the winter. Good luck with everything.
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2008 Dodge Avenger SE
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RE: Transmission issues - 2/19/2008 2:33:16 PM
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kerosa01
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The car that was bought back was the Silver Steel SE - I hope color doesnt have anything to do with the problems - I see this is waht you have, ...so far so good for you??
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